HC Deb 03 March 1971 vol 812 c488W
Mr. Carter

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the overall increase of productivity in each of the years from 1950 to 1970.

Mr. Higgins

The table below shows the year-to-year percentage changes in gross domestic product per person employed. Figures for 1970 are not yet available. A description of the method of calculation of these figures and of the qualifications attached to them was given in an article in the October, 1968, issue ofEconomic Trends.

1950 2.3
1951 0.9
1952 —0.6
1953 3.4
1954 2.7
1955 2.0
1956 0.4
1957 2.0
1958 0.9
1959 3.7
1960 3.5
1961 0.8
1962 0.9
1963 3.2
1964 4.4
1965 1.7
1966 1.6
1967 3.0
1968 4.6
1969 2.5

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